11 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
noun a trite or obvious remark
adjective completely ordinary and unremarkable
adjective not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
originA calque of Latin locus commūnis, referring to a generally applicable literary passage, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κοινὸς τόπος (koinòs tópos).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0